The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1940, Page 1

RY, = & Associated Press Day Wire se Hire #AP rat TWiZzPi For 69 Years Devoted to the J i Best Interests of Key West d THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE & io . VOLUME LXI. No. 115. 5.5. CUBA NOW KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Germans Deliver “stmerus,Anards And Mert Baiges “asc Only: Thre Local Sledge Hammer “per nO 38 Day Sas === Offoes On Second ON NOON BUS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM LOVING CUP | H AT 5:00 P. M. TODAY . { es | ———. : ' The Key West contingent of; Monroe County Council Boy ;Animals, Handicraft, First Aid, ;School Safety Patroi soys ar-*Scouts of America held its reg-|Interpreting; Henry Vinson, In- |rived back in this city on the ylar Scout Award Court last terpreting, First Aid, Handicraft, e OWS l] 6S Friday night at the High School Cooking, First Aid to Animals, | 12:30 o'clock bus this afternoon, auditorium before a large audi-' Safety. }periences as O. SS. Co., arrived this morning | \8 o'clock from Newport News,’ i Vv here the vessel has been in | ch et se th ex- ‘a., Wl 5 ae Sea roe na me of parents and fricads of drydock undergoing repairs and MMMM M DS 2 a 4 COUNTY OFFICIALS PRE- ence a n 5 é the Washington, | Troop 51—Richard Barber, | overhaul and will sail for Tampa PARING FOR RUN-OFF i GREENS HERE FOR representatives at + Washinglan: a > Se the ate ae aT een | die Lair ' |parade o afety Patr tee chairman, Wilbert Moehrke, ing; Eugene Tkowitz, | this afternoon at 5 o’cloci re- ELECTION SBMS SS SD D251 Saturday, morning. Bookbinding, Personal Health;'sume her regular schedule from SEVENTH VACATION , TUESDAY. Saaecacniael MAY 28 Mr. and Mrs. John A. ALBERT CANAL DEFENS- ES FALLING; FEAR SWEDEN NEXT COUN- TRY FOR INVASION held : was in charge of the program and SHERIFF MAKES |, Charles es sion ape ed officiated in the awarding cere- Frank Papy, Swimming; Walter that port. QUICK RECOVERY =" « he lol ‘patrols, reported {OMies SaaS Price, Swimming, Stamp Col-| The sailings from Tampa Will ‘that the trip to Washington and |o¢ the following events: lecting, Scholarship, Aviation,| begin this week with arrivals at |return here was without mishap! pledge to the flag, with ac- Photography, Zoology, Book-!Key West Thursday and Ménday | consisted A man giving his name as (Ry Ansociated Press) LONDON, May 13.—Germany sledge blows on Holland, Belgium and is delivering hammer the Allies today and revorts in- dicate that serious dents are be- ing effected in the main line de- fenses cf the two low countries. In Holland, the Nazis ported to have crossed the Albert are re- Canal in several places, con- the chief cities of the nation, the Hague, Amsterdam Rotterdam, which will be completely en- circled if the drive isn’t halted soon. In Belgium, first clashes of French and British -mechanized units with Nazi units re- ported, in battles described as of largest scope in the war to date. On -another — frent«the—Nor-+ wegians claimed that they dis- rupted a German effort to land troops 100 miles south of Narvik, stating that at least one trans. port was sunk by land batteries and hundreds of Germans tured as they swam ashore. Fears that Sweden may be the next country to feel the effect of Nazi blitzkrieg action were ex- pressed today in several quarters. It was reported that the Swedes have ordered_bans on all ship- ments of fodostuffs to any coun- try and blackouts are the order of the day. Mines are being laid surrounding Swedish territory in the Baltic Sea channels. Large concentrations man troops near the border in Norway and _ reported heading of troopships from the Kiel canal in the direction of Sweden add to the fears of the Swedish officials. British admiralty reported to- day that naval units stand ready to aid the cause of the low coun- tries if the Nazis are successful in reaching seacoast points. Long range, naval guns will be trained on the invaders from ships an- chored far-off shore. This ma- neuver appears of high import-| ance to the British as establish- ment of airbases on the coast of The Netherlands would endanger cities of England from bombing raids. : French sources here claimed today that over 400 Nazi planes | have been destroyed in the past two days. Over 100 were credit-! ed to anti-aircraft units manned by the Hollanders and Belgians, while other units have been de- stroyed in airbases near the bor- der lines by bombing raids con- ducted by the Allies. The important _ Belgium fort- ress at Liege has not fallen, which news contradicts informa- tion released by the German news agency, DNB, last week- end. The Allies and Belgian forces are said to be bitterly con- testing ground in this area. Ad- vances by the Nazis, on all fronts, it was stated, are being made at great loss of life. News from, Italy today pointed to a crisis in the next few days. British revealed that they had ordered all Britons living or visiting in Italy to leave for home as soon as possible. This move was made in view of the uncer- tain condition existing. Mus- solini continues to make no def- inite announcements, though it is known he has 2,000,000 troops ready for any eventuality along ; all frontiers of the nation, H stituting a threat to and were cap- of Ger- Swedish | chest* and heart. Juan Lopez White Martinez took a room at the residence of Miss Sieiia Thompson at 711 Southard street last week and while Miss Thompson was cut of the house yester- day mornnig. went through the effects in the house and disappeared with $56. Information was received at the office of the sheriff at 11:30 and Chief Deputy Ber- nard Waite immediately got cfficers of the highway pa- trol on the trail. Deputy Sheriif Raymond Maloney was one of the offi- cers who received the mes- sage and he got on the trail immediately. At 3 o‘clock he televhoned the sheriff's of- fice that Martinez had been captured and was on his way to Key West in the custody of the deputy. Arriving in the citv he was at once taken te the jail and a search revealed $52.25, the entire amount of money, ex- cept bus fare and the price ef a meal, having been re- covered. The recovered money was delivered to Miss Thomrson. ‘SII SS SS SS 5 GREYHOUND LINES EXCURSION COMING of the Agents and employes Southeastern Branch of the Grey. hound Bus Lines, who are en- joying a sightseeing trip over the lines, are due to arrive in Key West Wednesday afternoon and will remain for the night and the following day. William M. Arnold, agent for the Florida Motor Lines in Key West, said that the party is ex- pected to consist of or 80 em- ployes of the lines, according to advices received. The party will be guests at the Overseas Hotel. KNITTING NEEDLE KILLS WOMAN WATERTOW: N_ Y.—When Mrs. Mattie Switzer, 63, tripped as she was leaving the home of her employer, her’ knitting nee- dle, carried in a bag, pierced her She died three hours later. WPA Opens Officials of the local WPA, Pro- fessional and Service projects, are calling attention to the “This Work Pays Your Community” Week, which opens in cities of the nation next Monday and closes on Saturday, May 25. Con- centration will:be centered on bringing information to the gen- eral public on what the value of the various projects are in rela- tion to service rendered. In Key West, the week opens with a dinner on Monday night, May 20th, at the Stone Church annex. Tickets are now on sale. It is hoped that all project ex- ecutives and workers will attend, together with the citizens, rep- Tesentatives of civic organiza- tions and community groups in- terested in learning the value of the public services rendered by these projects. There will be rep- resentative speakers best quali- fied to present the picture of the relation of these services to the needs of the community. The balance of the week will Informative Week Here Next Monday jof any kind, and that the boys! companying oath and recitab of behaved themselves in excellent ; the scout laws. jmanner. Many people in Wash- | Solos by two members of Troop ‘ington, he said, commented on the No, 50, fine appearance the boys made! Second Class awards. ‘while on tour of several offices in| First aid to injured dog demon- Washington {stration by Troop No. 52. Highlight cf the trip, of course,} First Class awards. was the honor position given to! Troop yells and short skit by the local delegation. The boys} Troop No. 53. were directly behind the navy! Star awards. band in the mammoth parade.! Harmonica and guitar | which saw a total of 16,000 boys|members of Troop No. 54. and 30 bands on display. This} Merit Badges awards. - position was given to the local| Tumbling act and skit by Troo| ' delegation as representatives of No. 51. the southernmost city. The dele-; Announcement of a proposed gatino brought back a silver lov- five-troop, combined summer ing cup in recognition of that jcamp this season by Council honor, also recognizing the dele-|chairman, M. E. Berkowitz. jgation that travelled furtherest / Other announcements. to enter the parade. | Closing feature. Clarinet and The inscription band on the |trumpet duet by members of cup will be inscribed with the | Troop No. 54, playing "Star {name of the Key West Patrol Spangled Banner”. ; Boys and will also bear the name! Star awards were of Daniel Sawyer, 1210 Washing-;Scouts Walter Price, ‘ton street, as the boy who lived'!Donald Pinder, and ‘in the furtherest south home A ea et 52. a : the U. S. ‘irs' lass awards were given Mr. Taylor states that the boys|to Angel Alvarez, Raymond {were entertained in royal fashion |Campo and Marion Collins, 56; ‘at Washington. Pepper and Charles O. Andrews {Gilbert Hall, and Frank Papy, were photographed with the /51; Odes McKillip, 52; Buddy Na- unit, in front of the capitol build-!varro, 53.and Paul Lightbourn, ing, on Saturday afternoon, and | 51. 5 were escorted through the build-} Second Class awards were ing for the second time by the/8iven to Angel Alvarez, Ray- senators. Previously, on Friday,}mond Campo, Fred Valdez, Val- the boys called at the senate of-|ter Vinson, 50; Earl Adams, Jr., fice building, went into the sen-| Byron Cooke, Jimmy Moore, 52; ate proper, called at the Supreme | Harry Parks, ay Soyer. Court and the Federal Bureau of }Tony Signorelli, Jac! ate Identification buildings. Friday ;53; John Lewis Day, Larry De: evening the boys were guests at |Lozier, Clarence Higgs, Raymon the Sylvia opersairitheatre, _~_| Maloney, Charles Bands, Leroy Parade started at 9:15 o'clock |S@wyer, James E. Singleton ani Saturday morning and lasted un- 4 Carve wieasucse til noon. { 2 S In the returning group today | the following: : were: Patrol Boys John Costar,|_, 7700p, 50 Raymond Campo, Dane SoS Bb Ry camenk Interpreting, First rio Sanchez, Robert Cruz, Myrt- | aid c kin Handicraft; Fer- dand Cates, “Hermen (Gerem,|- Coe’ aranaueaht Pict Charles Baker, Kenneth ‘Kerr, |2@nd0 Garcia, Handicraft, Fi Billy Shaw, Joseph Alor F « | Aid, Interpreting, Cooking, First pial oiet beter so, Swa* | Aid to Animals, Poultry Keep- Rom and Galey Sweeting. John | ing: Leonard Key, Swimming, Monsalvatge remained in Wash- | Carpentry; Charles Sanchez, Pub- ington with his parents, Mr, and jlio Health, Personal Health, Mrs. Paul Monsalvatge, who : i t Aid to made the trip to Washington j=" Cooking, - Fire with the delegation. Also re-j turning were Mr. Taylor, Mr. and UNLICENSED BOAT Mrs. Myrtland Cates and officer trio, given to 50, and Edward given to Bennie Pierce, patrol director. Members of the local delegation will be guests at the Rotary Club meeting this week. Chester Johnson, colored, was ‘arrested Saturday afternoon on ;the charge of operating a fishing j boat without the necessary li- jan affidavit made by conservation } Officer C. F. Lowe and the arrest was made by the sheriff's office. | Johnson was given a prelim- jinary hearing before Peace Jus- be devoted to “open house” on ‘tice Enrique Esqinaldo, Jr., this all of the projects, to which every ;morning, and bound over for trial one in, the city is cordially in-'at the next term of Criminal \Vited. It is suggested that groups | Court in the sum of $50. of citizens, city and county offi- cials, sponsors, civic organizations and school children plan tours of the project locations during the week, with the idea that this of- fers an opportunity to see first! ‘SPONGE OFFERINGS deing and to judge their im-| Sponges offered to bidders at portance to the welfare of the the municipal sponge dock this {community. ; Morning totalled 296 bunches of The projects now operating in: wool and seven bunches of grass, Key West are: |which were bought for a total of Community Service Projects— ' $1,098.27. Art, Recreation, Adult Education,| There were offerings of. wool, Nursery School, Library, Music, | Writers. j Welfare Projects — Nursing, Sewing, Commodity Room, Housekeeping Aid, School Lunch, , Gardening and Canning. torical Records, Veterans’ Graves, ' various prices, which Index of Criminal Court and total sales to the above-menti ; Cemetery. ed figure. or practicelly $5.77 the bunch. A lot of 91 bunches brought $297 and 53 bunches brought $93. binding, Handicraft; John J. Ro- mero, Photography, Rowing. Troop 52—Bert Cates, First Aid to Animals, Civics, Cooking, Poultry Keeping; Calvin Cates, | Woodturning, Public Health; Odes McKillip, Public Health, Pioneering, Woodturning, Wood- work, Woodcarving; Ernest Avila, Cooking; Jimmy Moore, Medal Work; Donald Pinder, . Public Health, Woodwork, Farm Records jmornings at 6°3u o'clock. The ! vessel will leave for Havana 10:30 ‘o'clock the same mornings. | Announcement was made at the office that slight revision of the schedule will be made dur- ing the International Conventions of the Lions and Rotary Clubs, the particulars of which will be | given out later. The Rotary con- vention will be June 11 to 14 andj that of the Lions from July 23: Senators Clattde |Richard Barber, Anthony. Bazo, ' jcense. The charge was issued on} which brought excellent prices,;A. B Dimmick, of St. Paul's Epis- 102 bunches being bid at $589.99 | copal Church, will officiate. The others were small and in-| to 26. Exursion to Havana is sched- uled from May 16, rates for which are now announced. Departure from this port will be made on Thursday and tickets will be good for 10 days. This excursion oc- curs during the celebration of Cu-! ban Independence Day. SS. COLORADO DUE TOMORROW | Steamship Colorado, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, is s¢hed- uled to arrive in port 4emorrow morning from New York, bound fcr Tampa, with 34 tons of freight for this port. The entire shipment for Key RECESSES UNTIL MAY West consists of miscellaneous ‘VALDES GIVEN 54-DAY ee of goods for locai ealers. SENTENCE | and Bookkeeping, Cooking, Woodcarving, Pioneering, Wood- turning; Eugene Sawyer, Zoology, Pathfinding, Woodwork, Wood- carving, Aviation, Pioneering, Cooking; Jack Sawyer, Cooking, Public Health; Edward Strunk, Ill, Public Health, Aviation; Henry Soldano, First Aid, Ca pentry, Poultry Keeping. Troop 53—Buddy Nazarro, Handicraft, Public Health, Per- sonal Health, First Aid. Troop 54—Anthony Albury, Bookbinding, Swimming, Handi-; craft. CRIMINAL COURT HEARD ONE CASE 18; Criminal Court was opened this ‘morning at 9:30 o'clock with Judge William V. Albury presid- ing; County Solicitor Allen B. Cleare, Jr. Clerk C. Sam B. Curry and all other court offi- cials present. ! There was but one case called for trial and that was the case of Rudolph Vajdes, charged with breaking and entering with in- tent to commit trespass. He en- tered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve 54 days from the date of his arrest, which was March 25. Judge Albury then ordered a recess until 9:30 o'clock Saturday | morning, May 18. \ iy | armies and navies, and the ele- H 3 Se ‘NINE NAVAL i iments they use for travel—water, SHIPS IN PORT “icc By JACK STINNETT. WASHINGTON, Maya 13.—It’s the easiest thing in the world to fight a war on a map on your library table. Any ordinary fellow with a knack for strategy can beat any full fledged general, hands down. As Napoleon observed, anybody can map a masterful piece of |strategy. But it takes a genius to carry it out. The trouble with you and me when we map strategy is that we jleave out factors, including the jweather, and what it does to More often than not, it’s the | weather that wins and loses bat- {tles, and not armed forces. One new ship of the U.S. Navy| In this battle for Scandinavia, ; Was in the harbor this morning, |two extremely important weather jthe Destroyer Sims, which is on factors don’t appear on your a trial cruise and stopped at Key |map. West yesterday afternoon for the purpose of securing fuel oil and foggiest continuing the cruise. Other ships of the patrol | squadron, which is consigned to this port, and were in the harbor jthis morning were the Destroy- ters Aaron Ward, Lea, Hale, Crownshield, Buchanan, Wil- jliams, McLanahan and the Ten- der Gannet. | FOR F. W. ROBERTS time lane spring rain. That means the Germans have an ally in the Scandinavian weather, just as they had the weather for a friend in Poland, and just as the Russians tried to use the wether against the Finns—and darn near lost the wer. Weather Beat Poland In Poland, Germany wanted to stage a blitzkrieg with a mechan- the weather map for 70 years back, picked the average driest month of the year—August—and Struck. Motorized armies run best in dry country. You know the rest of the story. In Finland Russia chose De- i yesterday afternoon 12:15 o'clock at the residence, 803 Olivia , street. Funeral services will be ‘held from the residence, Wednes- day afternoon, at 5 o'clock. Rev. | Lopez Funeral Home charge of arrangements. Mr. Roberts ii i | | | Fernando W. Roberts, 89, i ohh hed dadeidiaddd GONE, FOUND, GONE. FOUND BEAUMONT, Tex—Forced to turn his automobile over to two hitch-hikers, O. M. McMillen, of Port Arthur, found the car aban+ doned, later, on the highway The keys were missing. After walking to Beaumont for aid, he returned to find the car gone again. Thieves abandoned it a second time in Beaumont, MEMO TO ARMCHAIR GENERALS: WAR MAPS JUST DON’T SHOW THE FOGS AP Feature Service Dame Nature almost beat the Russians, because she sent the worst package of weather in 50 years to northern Europe In Scandinavia. the Germans are playing the weather to the hilt, and the law of averages, i - Usually the fog closes in 40 per cent of the tame along the coast of Norway at this time of year. Add to that some 10 hours of darkness in every 24, and you have increased hiding time for German transports and naval units—perhaps up to 60 per cent of the time. That's just what the Germans want to slip past the British fleet. German ships navigate along the Norwegian coast only during fog or darkness. When the weather clears they hide in fjords. Fog Favors The Germans Now that Germany has her armed forces in command of land positions. at Trondheim, Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand. and other points, she has the drop on both naval and aerial forces because of the fog And for an attacking army. the roads are terrific—all slush, now freez- ing, now thawing Victor Hugo, in Les Miserables, Napoleen's conflicting or- ders had something to do with Waterloo, too, but anyway, rain was an important At Jutland in 191 almost beat the British fleet, f | f litt itt i gh rtf f gel Ef fi! 4 t i i : Tuesday. May 28th. Only three offaces County will be on the ba ficial notice of whuch off for county commasuencr the fifth distract. Frank by Clerk Ros C Seuper Pup his return to the city A sumber of changes wil made im the list of electon as teva Fecesving the certicete cach peer TIDE LLS R. N. COSGROVES O§ - —_. _ SII aes